WBEZ | Afternoon Shifthttp://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift
Latest from WBEZ Chicago Public RadioenAfternoon Shift: What makes Chicago great? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/8bbHbnt-7ac/afternoon-shift-what-makes-chicago-great-112149
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/IMG_5089.jpg" style="height: 465px; width: 620px;" title="" /></div><div class="image-insert-image "><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208998231&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></div><div class="image-insert-image ">&nbsp;</div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">What makes Chicago great?&nbsp;</span></font></div><div><p dir="ltr">Due to recent programming changes, June 5 is the final Afternoon Shift. We take this hour to celebrate the show and the city we love: Chicago. What we&rsquo;ve always tried to do is have a robust conversation about how Chicagoans live their lives together. Whether that&rsquo;s lighthearted exchanges on how cyclists or drivers act, or more serious discussions about how to fix our Chicago&rsquo;s biggest problems. So, we ask our listeners: what conversations aren&rsquo;t we having enough in Chicago? What aren&rsquo;t we talking about?</p><p dir="ltr">We&rsquo;re joined by Justin Kaufmann, host of &ldquo;The Download&rdquo; on WGN and the former Executive Producer of the Afternoon Shift. Plus, Scott Smith, director at Touchvision, WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore, and Che &ldquo;Rhymefest&rdquo; Smith.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/justinkaufmann">Justin Kaufmann</a> is the host of &ldquo;The Download&rdquo; on WGN.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/ourmaninchicago">Scott Smith</a> is the director at Touchvision.</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.wbez.org/users/nmoore-0">Natalie Moore </a>is WBEZ&rsquo;s South Side Bureau reporter.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/rhymefest">Che &ldquo;Rhymefest&rdquo; Smith</a> is a hip hop artist, activist, and the Co-founder and Creative Director of Donda&rsquo;s House.</em></li></ul></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208999064&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>;</p><p dir="ltr">For the last three years, we&rsquo;ve brought you news and conversations on a wide range of topics that affect Chicagoans&rsquo; daily lives. We&rsquo;ve covered a lot of big stories: elections, the Polar Vortex, the passing of major figures in the city like Roger Ebert, Jane Byrne, and Cardinal George. The list goes on. But not everything we do is so serious. Whether it&rsquo;s stories about food, real estate, arts and culture or sports, we&rsquo;ve always tried to bring an element of fun to your afternoon. So, this hour, we keep things a little more light-hearted with the regular contributors you&rsquo;ve heard on the show over the years.</p><p dir="ltr">General Admission podcasters, Don Hall and Tyler Greene give us a summer arts preview. Real estate reporter, Dennis Rodkin, tells us about the new tour he&rsquo;s hosting about Chicago&rsquo;s sexual history. Food contributor, Louisa Chu, talks about the newest food trends in the city. WBEZ&rsquo;s Tony Arnold discusses new allegations against former U.S. House Speaker, Dennis Hastert. WBEZ Sports Contributor, Cheryl Raye-Stout previews Game 2 of the Stanley Cup. NIU Meteorologist, Gilbert Sebentse, tells us how he first got into meteorology. And, we talk about what we love about this great city.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/dray4255?lang=en">Don Hall</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/storyproducer?lang=en">Tyler Greene</a> are the co-hosts of General Admission.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/dennis_rodkin">Dennis Rodkin</a> is a real estate reporter for Crain&rsquo;s Chicago Business.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/louisachu">Louisa Chu </a>is a WBEZ food contributor.</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.wbez.org/users/tarnold-0">Tony Arnold</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s state politics reporter.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/gilbert_s">Gilbert Sebentse</a> is a meteorologist for Northern Illinois University.</em></li></ul></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/8bbHbnt-7ac" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:07:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-05/afternoon-shift-what-makes-chicago-great-112149http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-05/afternoon-shift-what-makes-chicago-great-112149Afternoon Shift: What's in a word?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/D6aEheBVunU/afternoon-shift-whats-word-112143
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/3338710223_a1ba090d11_z.jpg" style="height: 419px; width: 620px;" title="Flickr/greeblie" /></div><div class="image-insert-image "><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208837977&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">&#39;That Should be a Word&#39; offers 250 new terms for the modern lexicon</span></div><div><p dir="ltr">Last week, Merriam-Webster added more than 1,700 new words to its unabridged dictionary, including gems such as &ldquo;clickbait&rdquo; and &ldquo;photobomb.&rdquo; Now, author Lizzie Skurnick is adding a few more words to our cultural lexicon. In her appropriately titled book, &ldquo;That Should be a Word,&rdquo; Skurnick has added 250 new terms to fit our modern linguistic needs. She joins us with more on her book and her words. &nbsp;</p><strong>Guest:</strong><em> <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzieskurnick">Lizzie Skurnick</a> is author of &ldquo;That Should be a Word.&rdquo;</em></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208837542&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Chicago landmarks captured in pencil</span></p><p dir="ltr">Local artist Jack Nixon has been building his portfolio for nearly 30 years. His detailed graphite drawings showcase some of Chicago&rsquo;s most famous landmarks and buildings: the Civic Opera House, the art institute and the Tribune building, just to name a few. His artwork is photo-realistic, but almost goes beyond reality. &nbsp;He joins us to explain his work.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/331651-jack-nixon?">Jack Nixon</a> is a Chicago-based artist.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842119&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tinley Park water meters are overcharging residents</span></p><p dir="ltr">The Village of Tinley Park is facing a major water problem but not the kind you hear about in California. The southwestern suburb uses &ldquo;smart meters&rdquo; to measure water usage in homes. They&rsquo;re electronic instead of mechanical and are supposed to be more accurate. But according to a Chicago Tribune investigation, the SmartMeters have been regularly overcharging residents, sometimes by hundreds of dollars. Greg Pratt is a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, and he joins us with details.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/royalpratt">Greg Pratt</a> is a Chicago Tribune reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842118&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tracking gas leaks in Chicago</span></p><p dir="ltr">The Environmental Defense Fund is pairing up with Google to map gas leaks in Chicago and the suburbs. It found the city riddled with leaks. All the wasted gas costs ratepayers cash. But it&rsquo;s also a big environmental threat. WBEZ&rsquo;s Shannon Heffernan joins us to explain.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/shannon_h">Shannon Heffernan</a> is a WBEZ reporter</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842117&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Proposed condo development in Pilsen stis controversy&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr">A proposed luxury condo development in Pilsen has some in that area concerned about the continued gentrification in the neighborhood. There&rsquo;s a community meeting Thursday night at the Rudy Lozano library for residents to discuss their concerns. WBEZ&rsquo;s Yolanda Perdomo joins us with a preview.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/yolandanews">Yolanda Perdomo</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208843045&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tech Shift: Twitter restricts access to lawmakers&#39; deleted tweets</span></p><p dir="ltr">The nonprofit organization Sunlight Foundation has been keeping track of the tweets politicians didn&rsquo;t want you to see anymore. The site, called Politwoops, saved the tweets deleted by lawmakers. For the past three years, it tracked thousands of blunders and position changes. It also helped track how Twitter was being used for political discourse. But last week, Twitter suspended Sunlight&rsquo;s access to its information, shutting down Politwoops. The move raises questions about how the social network balances privacy with the public&rsquo;s right to know what their politicians are up to online. WBEZ web producer Chris Hagan tells us more.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/chrishagan">Chris Hagan</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s web producer.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842114&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Canaryville beating sparks outrage on social media</span></p><p dir="ltr">Many people on social media are livid about an alleged racially-motivated beating that took place in Chicago&rsquo;s Canaryville neighborhood last weekend. WBEZ&rsquo;s Natalie Moore joins us from our South Side bureau with an update.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/natalieymoore">Natalie Moore</a> is WBEZ&#39;s South Side Bureau Reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842111&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Jet noise relief may come to Northwest Side</span></p><p dir="ltr">As the summer heats up, so does the summer travel season. And for some Northwest Side residents, that brings to mind the noise of roaring airplane engines overhead. This week marks a few legislative victories for those neighbors. WBEZ&rsquo;s city politics reporter Lauren Chooljian joins us with more.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong><em> <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenchooljian">Lauren Chooljian</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208842109&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Prominent Indiana Democrat announces bid for governor</span></p><p dir="ltr">The race for Indiana governor isn&rsquo;t until next year, but it&rsquo;s already starting to heat up. Indiana State Schools Superintendent, Glenda Ritz, is currently the most prominent Democrat to hold a statewide office, and is officially running for governor of Indiana. But in the last year or so, much of her authority was stripped by Republicans who control the Statehouse. Ritz says she wants to focus on education, jobs and bringing Hoosiers closer together. Joining us to talk about what her candidacy means for the overall governor&rsquo;s race is WBEZ&rsquo;s Michael Puente.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/MikePuenteNews">Michael Puente</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/D6aEheBVunU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:24:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-04/afternoon-shift-whats-word-112143http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-04/afternoon-shift-whats-word-112143Afternoon Shift: Training doctors in nutrition, the human cost of fashion, new budget cuts for Illinoishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/2K9QzIh3ENE/afternoon-shift-training-doctors-nutrition-human-cost-fashion
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/Food%20as%20Med%20geeta.jpg" style="height: 439px; width: 620px;" title="(Photo: WBEZ/Monica Eng)" /></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208668294&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">What do doctors know about nutrition?</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5b-6887-b834-6d52ef97e99b">When it comes to premature death and disability, what we eat is the number one risk factor. That&rsquo;s according to a 2013 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. So you might be surprised to learn that primary care physicians and even cardiologists can earn a license without a single class in nutrition. &nbsp;Health advocates have been pushing for doctors to become better trained in what&rsquo;s called &ldquo;culinary medicine&rdquo; for years but with little success. WBEZ&rsquo;s Monica Eng recently visited a group of students and doctors who are trying to change that locally and she joins us with Dr. Geeta Maker-Clark and Dr. Stephen Devries to talk about the effort to train med students in basic nutrition. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5b-6887-b834-6d52ef97e99b"><a href="https://twitter.com/monicaeng">Monica Eng</a></span> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5b-6887-b834-6d52ef97e99b"><a href="http://drgeetamakerclark.com/bio">Dr.Geeta Maker-Clark</a></span> is is an integrative physician at Northshore University Health systems &nbsp;and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago&rsquo;s &nbsp;Pritzker School of Medicine.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5b-6887-b834-6d52ef97e99b"><a href="http://www.gaplesinstitute.org/about-us/board-and-officers/#officer-721">Dr. Stephen Devries</a></span> is executive director at the Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology.</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208669748&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Documentary examines human cost of fashion</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5c-b5be-5a3d-9736cbd6075c">On Monday, police in Bangladesh filed murder charges against 41 people involved in the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory two years ago. At least 1,137 people were killed in that accident. That&rsquo;s more than 1 in 3 of the workers who were there that day. That accident reignited this question: who really pays the price for our clothing? That&rsquo;s the main question director Andrew Morgan asks us to consider in his documentary &ldquo;The True Cost.&rdquo; Joining us to discuss this aspect of the industry is Andrew Morgan along with Katherine Bissell Cordova of Chicago Fair Trade, Beth Shorrock, Fashion Studies professor at Columbia College Chicago, and Emily Frank, a fashion student at Columbia College Chicago.</span><br /><br /><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5c-b5be-5a3d-9736cbd6075c"><a href="https://twitter.com/Andrew_Morgan">Andrew Morgan</a></span> is director of &ldquo;The True Cost.&rdquo;</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5c-b5be-5a3d-9736cbd6075c">Katherine Bissell Cordova is Executive Director of </span><a href="http://www.chicagofairtrade.org/">Chicago Fair Trade</a>.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5c-b5be-5a3d-9736cbd6075c">Beth Shorrock is assistant professor in the </span><a href="http://directory.colum.edu/departments/3">Fashion Studies Department at Columbia College Chicago</a>.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5c-b5be-5a3d-9736cbd6075c">Emily Frank is a fashion student at Columbia College Chicago.</span></em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208675750&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Gov. Rauner proposes more budget cuts</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5e-0571-c722-d6f62ed87ca0">Governor Bruce Rauner has issued his first salvo in the prickly budget negotiations with the Democratic legislature in Springfield. The governor says he wants $400 million in spending cuts, and more are on the way. His proposals include a variety of social services cuts, reducing tax credits for heating for low-income Illinois residents, as well as closing five state-run museums. The governor also wants to suspend EDGE tax credits, which allow companies to reduce the cost of doing business in the state. Joining us to discuss what that could mean for Illinois is Ralph Martire, </span>Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.<br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.ctbaonline.org/about/ctba-staff">Ralph Martire</a> is Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.</em></p><div>&nbsp;</div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208675920&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">NASA to launch a flying saucer in Hawaii</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb5f-13c8-5ce2-76a96d4c2b7a">Thursday morning, the island of Kauai may resemble Roswell, New Mexico. That&rsquo;s when NASA is set to launch a flying saucer. The vehicle is actually known as a low-density supersonic decelerator, and it&rsquo;s set to launch in the skies over Hawaii to test parachutes used to slow down spacecrafts. Michelle Nichols from the Adler Planetarium joins us to talk all about the flying saucer.</span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em>Michelle Nichols is Master Educator of NASA Forum Programs at the <a href="http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/">Adler Planetarium</a>.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208676033&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Giant telescope may be able to see first light in the universe</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb60-95cd-ee29-73fe218ca9f9">With today&rsquo;s technology, astronomers can see billions of years into the past, but they&rsquo;ve never been able to see the first light emitted in the universe after the Big Bang. That could be about to change thanks to a new high-powered telescope being developed by the University of Chicago and ten partner organizations. The billion dollar Giant Magellan Telescope is one of the first in a new generation of extremely large, earth-based telescopes, which may spur a new era for astronomy. Wendy Freedman is the board chair for the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, and a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the U of C. She joins us with more.</span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://astro.uchicago.edu/people/wendy-freedman.php">Wendy Freedman</a> is the board chair for the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208676824&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tech Shift: Unlocking the secrets of the bombardier beetle</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb63-5604-cfcf-ba63ba61b58d">The tiny bombardier beetle is explosive. Literally. To fight off predators, it creates explosions inside its abdomen that allows it spray a stream of chemicals at its foes. Now scientists are studying this phenomenon in more detail to see if the bug&rsquo;s defense mechanism might have practical applications for things like body armor and crash helmets. Dr. Wah-Keat Lee worked on this at Argonne National Laboratory in the south suburbs. He&rsquo;s now a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. </span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://staff.ps.bnl.gov/staff.aspx?id=77581">Dr. Wah-Keat Lee</a> is a scientist specializing in x-ray imaging at Brookhaven National Laboratory.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208623912&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Cooking up change in American medical schools</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb64-bcba-784e-10eaae61a563">Americans have been told for years that their diets are making them sick. &nbsp;Yet just a fraction of this country&rsquo;s medical schools teach nutrition in any significant way. WBEZ&rsquo;s Monica Eng found some Chicago medical students going after those lessons on their own. </span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/monicaeng">Monica Eng</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208676183&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Gov. Rauner ditches Illiana Expressway</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb67-ce05-027e-8605fcf4d52c">One of the big budget cuts announced Tuesday by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner was scratching the $1 billion Illiana Expressway. The proposed east-west route would have connected I-57 near Wilmington in Will County to I-65 near Lowell in Indiana. While the State of Indiana was fully on board, Gov. Rauner never supported the roadway as much as his predecessor. WBEZ&rsquo;s Michael Puente joins us to talk about the Illiana&rsquo;s demise and what it could mean for the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana. </span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/MikePuenteNews">Michael Puente</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208676290&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tampa Bay tries to keep Blackhawks fans away</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-109f0ad4-bb68-e9ca-5c4f-68eb17705fea">The Blackhawks begin the battle for their third Stanley Cup in five years on Wednesday night in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Lightning haven&rsquo;t been exactly welcoming to Chicago fans, banning Blackhawks jerseys and blocking ticket purchases for out-of-state credit cards. WBEZ&rsquo;s Cheryl Raye-Stout has infiltrated Tampa and she joins us with an update.</span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/2K9QzIh3ENE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:29:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-04/afternoon-shift-training-doctors-nutrition-human-cost-fashionhttp://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-04/afternoon-shift-training-doctors-nutrition-human-cost-fashionAfternoon Shift Book Club: Balmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/SxLF5OuZRBU/afternoon-shift-book-club-balm-112137
<p><p><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/Balm_AS%20Book%20Club%20June%202015.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; width: 320px;" title="" />Welcome to the Afternoon Shift Book Club. Here&rsquo;s how it works: each month, we pick one book that&rsquo;s our selection of the month. They&rsquo;re books about Chicago, our region or by authors who are from here. If the author&rsquo;s still around, we have them on to talk about their book.</p><p>The book of the month for June 2015 is &#39;Balm&#39; by New York Times bestselling author, Dolen Perkins-Valdez. The novel blends historical fiction and magical realism centering on three former slaves that have migrated to Chicago from the South at the end of the Civil War.</p><p>Have a question for the author or want to suggest a book? Tweet it to <a href="https://twitter.com/wbezafternoon">@wbezafternoon</a>. or email <a href="mailto:afternoonshift@wbez.org">afternoonshift@wbez.org</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size:22px;">Previously on the Afternoon Shift Book Club</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/111266421&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/SxLF5OuZRBU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:45:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-03/afternoon-shift-book-club-balm-112137http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-03/afternoon-shift-book-club-balm-112137Afternoon Shift: Black and Latino relations at City Hall and beyondhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/Uteql7frwWg/afternoon-shift-black-and-latino-relations-city-hall-and-beyond
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/Daniel%20X.%20O%27Neil.jpg" style="height: 414px; width: 620px;" title="(Photo: Flickr/Daniel X. O'Neil)" /></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508357&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Chicago&#39;s Black and Latino Caucuses</span><br />Two thirds of Chicago&rsquo;s population are black or Latino, we talk to two aldermen who represent the Black and Latino Caucuses in City Council. Alderman Roderick Sawyer represents the 6th ward and is the Chair of City Council&rsquo;s Black Caucus. Alderman George Cardenas represents the 12th ward and is Chair of City Council&rsquo;s Latino Caucus. Ald. Cardenas and Ald. Sawyer join us to discuss the concerns and the work of their respective caucuses.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b641-f058-5009-1acb011b3fb0"><a href="https://twitter.com/rodericktsawyer">Roderick Sawyer</a></span> is 6th ward alderman.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b641-f058-5009-1acb011b3fb0"><a href="https://twitter.com/aldcardenas">George Cardenas</a></span> is 12th ward alderman.&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508362&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Unleashed dogs threaten bird sanctuary on Montrose Beach</span><br />It can be tough to find a truly peaceful place in the bustle of Chicago but north side residents know that Montrose Beach is one of those places...for birds. In addition to a beautiful lakefront beach, Montrose is home to a protected bird sanctuary. It&rsquo;s one of Chicago&rsquo;s top birding spots and one of the few places within the city where you can spot rare species of migrating birds. But lately, there have been clashes between birders and a different animal-loving group: dog owners. Dogs aren&rsquo;t allowed on Chicago&rsquo;s beaches but that hasn&rsquo;t stopped owners from unleashing their dogs on Montrose Beach. Birders are worried the dogs will scare away the rare birds that have been visiting the sanctuary this Spring. Joining us to discuss the situation is Luis Munoz, President of the Chicago Ornithological Society.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em>Luis Munoz is President of the <a href="http://chicagobirder.org/">Chicago Ornithological Society</a>.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508473&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b645-7fac-6830-b349c11c07ba"><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Private helicopter industry could be returning to the Windy City</span></font><br />Imagine the city skyline dotted with helicopters buzzing back and forth delivering valuable documents or VIP&#39;s to important meetings. It&#39;s a system that already exists in other cities around the country, such as New York, and used to be available here. Now, a group of investors and a former Marine One helicopter pilot are bringing that service back to Chicago. Journalist, Dave McKinney, recently wrote about the story for </span>The New York Times and he joins us with more.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b645-7fac-6830-b349c11c07ba">Guest: </span></strong><em><a href="https://twitter.com/davemckinney">Dave McKinney</a> is a freelance journalist.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508570&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Gov. Rauner proposes use of two additional runways at O&#39;Hare</span></font><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b647-68da-e9e4-e6a01a1918fc">The City of Chicago is asking the FAA to postpone dismantling one of O&rsquo;Hares diagonal runways. Aviation officials planned to close the runway this coming August. The request comes on the heels of a new bill before Governor Rauner, which would allow the airport to use ten runways instead of just eight. Jon Hilkevitch is the transportation reporter for the </span>Chicago Tribune, and he joins us with details on the bill and what the city is doing to address jet-noise complaints from residents.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/jhilkevitch">Jon Hilkevitch</a> is a Chicago Tribune reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208349827&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Future of former Finkl Steel site puts heat on new aldermen</span></font><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b649-15a1-0132-555c9fd5dc30">When A. Finkl and Sons steel company moved from West Lincoln Park to Chicago&rsquo;s South Side a few years ago, it left more than 30 acres of land behind. That&rsquo;s like 30 football fields, only a few miles from downtown Chicago.&nbsp;</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b649-15a1-0132-555c9fd5dc30">And now, there are lots of competing ideas and debates over the future development of the Finkl space, which means lots of pressure on the neighborhood&rsquo;s brand-new alderman. WBEZ&rsquo;s Lauren Chooljian reports.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/laurenchooljian">Lauren Chooljian</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508201&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Tech Shift: Exploratory research into the microbiology of human space travel</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b64b-0b85-58bb-85b86bdd7932">In 2014 microbes collected from our favorite Chicago dinosaur, that would be the Field Museum&rsquo;s Sue the T-Rex , were launched into space. It was part of an effort to send microbes from all kinds of earth environments into space to see how they grow. The point? To learn how microbes associated with everyday human life react in a closed, limited-gravity environment and what implications this may have for humans during long-term space travel. Now, the results are in. Dr. David Coil, Project MERCCURI researcher and a Project Scientist in the Microbiology Lab of Jonathan Eisen at the University of California at Davis, joins us with details on the experiment.</span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong><em> <a href="https://twitter.com/davidacoil">Dr. David Coil</a> is a Project Scientist in the Microbiology Lab of Jonathan Eisen at the University of California at Davis.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508716&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Chicago&#39;s 606 trail to open Saturday</span><br />Chicago&rsquo;s getting a brand new ribbon of green space on Saturday. The 606 is a nearly three mile long recreational trail for biking, jogging and walking. It sits seventeen feet above the ground on an old elevated freight train track that passes through four neighborhoods: Wicker Park, Bucktown, Logan Square and Humboldt Park. The 606 officially opens June 6 but Mayor Emanuel had an unveiling of sorts on Tuesday. Before the announcement, we caught up with WBEZ&rsquo;s Susie An for a first impression.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/soosieon">Susie An</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508810&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Bulls hire former player as new head coach</span><br />Less than a week after firing head coach Tom Thibodeau, the Chicago Bulls announced his successor at a press event on Tuesday. 42-year-old Fred Hoiberg, a former Bulls player and head coach of the Iowa State men&#39;s basketball team, returns to the Windy City to take the helm for a Bulls organization that has been competitive in recent years but hasn&#39;t won a NBA Championship since the late &#39;90s. WBEZ&#39;s sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout joins us with more.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208508943&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mayor Emanuel makes changes to Chicago Board of Education</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-5d86ce52-b64f-b4a0-d2ad-c8806060f531">Mayor Rahm Emanuel is replacing four of the seven members of the Chicago Board of Education. WBEZ&rsquo;s Becky Vevea joins us to explain what&rsquo;s going on. </span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/beckyvevea">Becky Vevea</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/Uteql7frwWg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:44:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-02/afternoon-shift-black-and-latino-relations-city-hall-and-beyondhttp://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-02/afternoon-shift-black-and-latino-relations-city-hall-and-beyondAfternoon Shift: Suntans, skincare and ‘colorism’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/T1tRiqK4ZX4/afternoon-shift-suntans-skincare-and-%E2%80%98colorism%E2%80%99-112120
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/Flickr%20Alejandro%20Arango.jpg" style="height: 414px; width: 620px;" title="(Photo: Flickr/Alejandro Arango)" /></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208339373&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Cultural attitudes on sun exposure and skincare</span><br />June marks the arrival of sun tanning season and despite years of skin cancer warnings, many of us still can&rsquo;t get enough of the sun&rsquo;s browning rays. But not all cultures have the same love affair with the sun. They go to great lengths to avoid it, and sometimes not just for health reasons. We talk to Dr. June Robinson, a Research Professor of Dermatology at &nbsp;Northwestern&rsquo;s Feinberg School of Medicine, as well as scholars and activists who look at the issue of colorism.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b126-d4b7-6b40-9815c43487bc"><a href="http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=12499">Dr. June Robinson</a></span> is a research professor of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b126-d4b7-6b40-9815c43487bc"><a href="http://www.mills.edu/academics/faculty/soc/mhunter/mhunter.php">Margaret Hunter</a></span> is a professor of sociology at Mills College in Oakland, California.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b126-d4b7-6b40-9815c43487bc"><a href="https://twitter.com/SLWrites">Sarah Webb</a></span> is a writer and activist, who created the site <a href="http://colorismhealing.org/">colorismhealing.org.</a> </em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208339758&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Challenges of urban beekeeping</span><br />Who would steal three hives full of live bees? Someone who knows how much they&rsquo;re worth, speculates beekeeper and founder of Bike a Bee, Jana Kinsman. Bee rustlers recently hit one of her hives on Chicago&rsquo;s southwest side in McKinley Park. Jana joins us to talk about the value of bees and their honey amid mass bee deaths around the world.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong><em> <a href="http://www.janakinsman.com/">Jana Kinsman</a> is a beekeeper and the founder of <a href="http://www.bikeabee.com/">Bike a Bee</a>.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341541&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Federal legislation to ban microbeads receives bipartisan support</span><br />Those tiny scrubbing beads used in face wash and other cosmetics may soon be banned in the US. Great Lakes environmentalists have been concerned about their presence for years citing, among other concerns, fish confusing the plastic beads for food. The Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 has bipartisan support including from Illinois Senator Mark Kirk, and seeks to &ldquo;prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads&rdquo; by January of 2018. Sherri Mason is an associate professor of chemistry at the State University of New York, Fredonia and has been studying this issue. She joins us to discuss the environmental impact of microbeads.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.fredonia.edu/chemistry/Faculty/Mason.asp">Dr. Sherri Mason</a> is a Professor of Chemistry at The State University of New York at Fredonia.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341632&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Chicago strives for &#39;nerd&#39; status</span><br />Since coming into office, Mayor Emanuel has been pushing to make Chicago one of the nation&rsquo;s major tech hubs. But have we succeeded in becoming a so-called &ldquo;Nerdopolis?&rdquo; Amy Merrick is one of the authors of the article, &ldquo;Welcome to Nerdopolis&rdquo;, this summer&rsquo;s cover article for Capital Ideas, the research magazine for The University of Chicago&rsquo;s Booth School of Business. She joins us to discuss the state of tech in Chicago.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/amyjmerrick">Amy Merrick </a>is the co-author of &ldquo;Welcome to Nerdopolis,&rdquo; in Capital Ideas Magazine.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341924&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Tech Shift: Thousands to take part in National Day of Civic Hacking</span><br />Thousands of people across the country are taking part in the third annual National Day of Civic Hacking. Groups in more than 100 cities will meet to design apps, websites and services to try to solve problems in their communities. Chicago is hosting four events in 2015, with goals from improving &nbsp;neighborhoods to creating more sustainable fisheries. Christopher Whitaker, the Chicago Brigade Captain for Code for America, and Steven Philpott, a Social Ventures Fellow at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, join us along with Kelly Borden, the Citizen Science Education Lead at Adler Planetarium, to fill us in on this year&rsquo;s event.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b12d-8775-af9a-6da80f3e7ff8"><a href="https://twitter.com/civicwhitaker">Christopher Whitaker</a></span> is the Chicago Brigade Captain for Code for America.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b12d-8775-af9a-6da80f3e7ff8"><a href="http://www.cnt.org/staff/steven-philpott">Steven Philpott</a></span> is the social ventures fellow for the Center for Neighborhood Technology.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-53dbac79-b12d-8775-af9a-6da80f3e7ff8"><a href="https://twitter.com/bordenkelly">Kelly Borden</a></span> is the citizen science education lead at Adler Planetarium.&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341561&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Blackhawks head to Tampa for Stanley Cup play</span><br />The Blackhawks left for Tampa Bay on Monday to get ready for the Stanley Cup. Game One against the Lightning is Wednesday night. WBEZ&rsquo;s Cheryl Raye-Stout has more.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341647&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Projects abound for Chicago Transit Authority</span><br />The Yellow line is still down, a pilot program for Purple line express service to Evanston begins Monday, and debate continues over the Chicago Transit Authority&#39;s proposed Red and Purple Modernization project. Joining us for an update on some of what&#39;s going on with public transit is CTA spokesperson Brian Steele.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/brianksteele">Brian Steele </a>is a spokesperson for the CTA.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341639&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">EPA increase on ethanol impacts Midwest agriculture</span><br />If you thought Bears/Packers or Cubs/White Sox were big rivalries, that&rsquo;s nothing compared to Big Oil vs Big Corn. The two sides are locked in a battle over the amount of ethanol to be blended into the nation&rsquo;s fuel supply. The production of ethanol is vitally important to the agricultural economies of both Illinois and Indiana. The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would increase the amount of ethanol used in gasoline but not as much as ethanol producers wanted. WBEZ&rsquo;s Michael Puente joins us to discuss what new limits might mean for agriculture and the oil industry.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/MikePuenteNews">Mike Puente</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s Northwest Indiana Bureau reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208341651&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">New cancer trial to focus on genetics</span><br />The details of a groundbreaking cancer study were announced Monday in Chicago, where researchers are meeting for the conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Most cancer treatment revolves around the type of cancer a patient has. But in a new trial starting in July, the focus will be on the genes. Patients will have their tumor genes sequenced in order to determine which drugs will be administered. Dr. Jeff Abrams, Acting Director for Clinical Research and Associate Director of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program in the National Cancer Institute&rsquo;s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, joins with details on the new trial.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov/branches/oad/bios/abrams.htm">Dr. Jeff Abrams</a> is NCI Acting Director for Clinical Research and also is Associate Director of the CTEP.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/T1tRiqK4ZX4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:55:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-01/afternoon-shift-suntans-skincare-and-%E2%80%98colorism%E2%80%99-112120http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-06-01/afternoon-shift-suntans-skincare-and-%E2%80%98colorism%E2%80%99-112120Week in Review: Dennis Hastert indicted, Chicago still most corrupt, Bears dismiss Ray McDonaldhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/_fsp1Ev7sS4/week-review-dennis-hastert-indicted-chicago-still-most-corrupt
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/7167050199_8f7024b8a4_z.jpg" style="height: 661px; width: 620px;" title="(Photo: Flickr/Teemu008)" /></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207892222&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Week in Review: Dennis Hastert indicted, Chicago still most corrupt, Bears dismiss Ray McDonald</span><br />We recap the week&rsquo;s news including the developing scandal surrounding former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert; the latest developments from Springfield; and the ups-and-downs for the Chicago Bulls, Bears and Blackhawks.</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/amyguth">Amy Guth</a> is a WGN radio host.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/AndyShawBGA">Andy Shaw</a> is president and CEO of the Better Government Association.</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207892221&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Friday Mini-Mix featuring DJ Milty Evans</span><br />Every Friday we bring you a brand new mix from the Vocalo DJ Collective, curated by DJ Jesse De La Pena. This week&rsquo;s set comes from DJ Milty Evans and features soul-inspired House music.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/MiltyEvans">Milty Evans</a> is a Chicago-based DJ.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207884595&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">30th annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival preview</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-bad12e22-a1f6-2498-df7b-dbd700376f6c">The annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival kicks off Friday evening at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park and runs through Sunday night. Ivy Hall is the Gospel Music Festival Programmer for the City of Chicago. She joins us with a details on this year&rsquo;s fest.</span></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em>Ivy Hall is the <a href="http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_gospel_musicfestival.html">Gospel Music Fest</a> programmer.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207884724&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Cook County Commissioner propses plan to take on gun violence</span><br />To date this year, there have been at least 600 shootings and 140 people killed by gun violence in the Chicago. Grown weary of hearing the weekend tally of shootings and fatalities in the city, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin &nbsp;- who represents a portion of the West Side and west suburbs - proposed a 7-point plan to stem the tide of violence. His plan includes domestic terrorism charges against shooters and accomplices. He joins us in studio to discuss his plan.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.richardrboykin.com/about">Richard Boykin</a> is Cook County Commissioner for Chicago&rsquo;s 1st District.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207885386&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 24px;">Tech Shift Week in Review: Subsidized internet, new Google gadgetry, and supercomputing</span><br />The FCC proposes subsidizing broadband access for the poor; Google introduces some pretty fantastic technology; and the latest supercomputing news. Those are just a few stories we explore on our Tech Shift Week in Review. We&rsquo;re joined by Argonne&rsquo;s Deputy Director for its leadership computing facility, Susan Coglan, as well as our WBEZ super digital guy, Tim Akimoff.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-bad12e22-a21a-647f-8595-2e9ffda7120d"><a href="https://www.alcf.anl.gov/staff-directory/susan-coghlan">Susan Coghlan</a></span> is a Deputy Division Director at Argonne National Laboratory.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-bad12e22-a21a-647f-8595-2e9ffda7120d"><a href="https://twitter.com/timakimoff">Tim Akimoff</a></span> is WBEZ&rsquo;s Director of Digital.&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207884823&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Gov. Rauner pressures Democrats to pass his agenda items by Sunday</span><br />There&rsquo;s a flurry of activity in Springfield as Republican Governor Bruce Rauner has issued Democrats an ultimatum to pass two of his agenda items by Sunday. But Democrats are saying that&rsquo;s not possible. Those negotiations are just part of what&rsquo;s happening in Springfield. WBEZ&rsquo;s State Political reporter Tony Arnold is in Springfield and joins us for an update.</p><p><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/tonyjarnold">Tony Arnold</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207884969&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Gas prices are rising in Chicago, but not like last year</span><br />Gas prices in Chicago are going up. In fact, they&rsquo;ve risen by seven percent in the last week alone. But even with the jump, what you&rsquo;re paying at the pump is still lower than it was a year ago. Patrick DeHaan is GasBuddy.com&rsquo;s Senior Petroleum Analyst for the Midwest and he joins us with more.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/GasBuddyGuy">Patrick DeHaan</a> is GasBuddy.com&rsquo;s Senior Petroleum Analyst for the Midwest.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207885097&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">More details emerge in the Dennis Hastert indictment</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-bad12e22-a229-24c6-0bb4-38ed8b470e70">Thursday afternoon we learned that former House speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, was indicted on charges that he lied to the FBI about alleged hush money he paid to someone the indictment refers to only as &ldquo;Individual A.&rdquo; Now, more details are starting to emerge with the </span>New York Times reporting that Hastert was paying someone to conceal decades-old sexual abuse that took place when he was a high school teacher and coach in suburban Chicago. Here to walk us through the legal language of the indictment is former federal prosecutor Jeff Cramer, who&rsquo;s currently a senior managing director at Kroll Investigations, a risk and security consultancy.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.kroll.com/who-we-are/kroll-experts/jeffrey-cramer">Jeff Cramer</a> is a senior managing director at risk and security consultancy, Kroll Investigations.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/_fsp1Ev7sS4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 29 May 2015 18:06:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-29/week-review-dennis-hastert-indicted-chicago-still-most-corrupthttp://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-29/week-review-dennis-hastert-indicted-chicago-still-most-corruptAfternoon Shift Book Club: ‘All Our Names’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/EoVpYGY8HlI/afternoon-shift-book-club-%E2%80%98all-our-names%E2%80%99-112106
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/All%20Our%20Names%20cover.jpg" style="height: 956px; width: 620px;" title="" /></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207718101&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Afternoon Shift Book Club: &#39;All Our Names&#39;</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb3-f7cd-143a-ba491206ee2f">Love, war and loneliness are three of the threads that run throughout our Afternoon Shift Book Club selection for May. We always pick books that involve Chicago or are by Chicagoans. Our May selection, &ldquo;All Our Names,&rdquo; &nbsp;is really more of a story about the Midwest. &nbsp;The book centers around two young men in Kampala and the story of how one of them, Isaac, emigrates to the Midwest in the 1970s. Isaac&rsquo;s past of violence and looming civil war in Uganda are interspersed with his present relationship with his social worker, Helen, in the small town he has been relocated to. It&rsquo;s the third novel by Ethiopian born, Peoria-raised author Dinaw Mengestu who joins us from New York. </span><br /><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/dinawmengestu">Dinaw Mengestu</a> is a writer, novelist and author of &lsquo;All Our Names.&rsquo;</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207718106&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">How books become musicals</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb5-1f65-1cba-1621fb9015b1"><em>Phantom of the Opera</em>, <em>Les Mis</em>, <em>Wicked</em>, even <em>Cats</em>! What do of all these well-known musicals have in common? They&#39;re all based on books. We all know what it&#39;s like when one of our favorite books is turned into a movie but translating the page into a musical presents a special set of challenges. WBEZ&rsquo;s </span>General Admission co-hosts Tyler Greene and Don Hall join us along with Doug Peck, Music Director of the <em>Secret Garden</em> which runs at the Court Theatre through June 21.<br /><br /><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb5-1f65-1cba-1621fb9015b1"><a href="https://twitter.com/storyproducer?lang=en">Tyler Greene</a></span> is a co-host of WBEZ&rsquo;s General Admissions.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/dray4255?lang=en">Don hall</a> is a co-host of WBEZ&rsquo;s General Admissions.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb5-1f65-1cba-1621fb9015b1"><a href="https://twitter.com/douglaspeck?lang=en">Doug Peck</a></span> is Musical Director of the Secret Garden.</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207719603&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Stalled CTA development impacts property owners in Lakeview</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb7-6c90-5e17-7e756d6e2875">The Chicago Transit Authority has been kicking around development plans for a new Brown line flyover north of the Belmont stop in Lakeview for nearly a year. CTA says the new track would speed up travel times for Red and Purple line commuters and reduce overcrowding on trains. Property owners in the area say the longer the city continues to stall, the more the uncertainty of the situation is costing them. </span>Crain&rsquo;s Chicago Business reporter Dennis Rodkin has been following the story and joins us with details.</p><p><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb7-6c90-5e17-7e756d6e2875">Guest: </span></strong><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Dennis_Rodkin">Dennis Rodkin</a> is a Crain&rsquo;s Chicago Business reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207719798&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Chicago youth organize rally for climate change</span><br />Chicago Public School students from all over the city organized Thursday at the Thompson Center to send a message to Illinois lawmakers about climate change. But before the rally kicked off, we spoke to two youth activists: Eve Robinson is a student at Whitney Young, and Maria Sanchez is from Northside College Prep.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb8-89ba-2109-7049f93e7491"><a href="https://twitter.com/newyears__eve">Eve Robinson</a></span> is a Whitney Young student.</em></li><li><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cb8-89ba-2109-7049f93e7491"><a href="https://twitter.com/maria_esan98">Maria Sanchez</a></span> is a Northside College Prep student.</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207719932&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Bulls fire coach Thibs, Blackhawks stay alive</span><br />The drama is over for now former-Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau. The Bulls announced the firing of Coach Thibs on Thursday. The Blackhawks won big Wednesday night forcing the Western Conference championship series to a game 7 on Saturday in Anaheim. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout joins us with the latest.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207720386&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Tech Shift: Summer STEM resources for Chicago&#39;s kids</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cbb-6f51-db79-a71971df1fcd">All week on Tech Shift we&rsquo;re talking about opportunities for kids to boost their &nbsp;STEM skills over the summer. WBEZ digital producer and co-host of the </span>Nerdette podcast, Tricia Bobeda, joins us in studio with some science, engineering, technology and math resources Chicago once school lets out.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/triciabobeda?lang=en">Tricia Bobeda</a> is a WBEZ digital producer and co-host of the Nerdette podcast.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207720043&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Proposal to help curb heroin overdoses moves to Illinois Senate</span><br />On May 27, the House took a break from budget negotiations for a few minutes to unanimously approve a proposal to help heroin addicts. The proposal is modeled from a &nbsp;program in DuPage County that requires police officers to carry a drug called Narcan. That drug helps save the lives of heroin addicts who have overdosed. DuPage County Coroner Rich Jorgensen explains.</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guest:</strong><em><a href="https://www.dupageco.org/coroner/"> Rich Jorgensen</a> is the DuPage County Coroner.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207720139&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Chicago starts to feel the effects of its &quot;junk status&quot; ranking</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cbe-e9cd-fa76-0e7d81ac9e8a">First, there was Illinois&rsquo; pension ruling. Then, the downgrade of Chicago&rsquo;s debt by Moody&rsquo;s Investors Service. Two weeks later, the city starts to feel the effects of that downgrade to junk status. A </span>Chicago Tribune analysis shows that the City of Chicago will pay at least $70 million more on a bond deal now that Moody&rsquo;s has put the city at &ldquo;junk status,&rdquo; the lowest tier for credit ratings. That means Chicago will have to pay a lot more money to borrow money, something that&rsquo;s crucial to operating a municipal government. Joining us with more analysis is Brian Battle, Director at Performance Trust, an investment advisory firm in Chicago.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guest:</strong><em> Brian Battle is director at <a href="http://www.performancetrust.com/">Performance Trust</a>.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207720226&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">FCC considers plan to bridge the broadband divide</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd218569-9cc0-281c-780d-e08890cb764a">Subsidized broadband access may soon become available to the poor. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shared a plan today with fellow FCC commissioners that would ensure more Americans have fast internet connections. Karen Mossberger is professor and director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.</span> The former UIC professor is still researching digital inequalities in Chicago and she joins us with more on the FCC&rsquo;s plan.</p><p dir="ltr"><br /><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://spa.asu.edu/about_us/directory/faculty-profiles/karen-mossberger">Karen Mossberger</a> is professor and director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/EoVpYGY8HlI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 28 May 2015 17:37:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-28/afternoon-shift-book-club-%E2%80%98all-our-names%E2%80%99-112106http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-28/afternoon-shift-book-club-%E2%80%98all-our-names%E2%80%99-112106Afternoon Shift: Balancing college curriculum amid a changing economy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/SQ5FSqiOba0/afternoon-shift-balancing-college-curriculum-amid-changing
<p><div class="image-insert-image "><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/4626242697_ec0550efd8_z.jpg" style="height: 414px; width: 620px;" title="Flickr/Jason Bache" /></div><div class="image-insert-image "><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207541216&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></div><div class="image-insert-image ">&nbsp;</div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Proposed curriculum changes at Notre Dame highlight important issues for undergraduate learning</span></div><div><p dir="ltr">The University of Notre Dame recently floated the idea of dropping requirements to take theology and philosophy classes. That idea was part of a core curriculum review underway now. The proposal&rsquo;s resulted in controversy, with alumni and students taking to social media. They&rsquo;re expressing concerns that changing this requirement would change the school&rsquo;s mission. The recommendations are far from final but the uproar made us wonder what trends we&rsquo;re seeing in higher education today, and how universities balance their mission with meeting changing societal needs.</p><p dir="ltr">We&rsquo;re joined by a panel of educators from three very different institutions of higher learning. Father Brian Daley, a theology professor at Notre Dame, George Kuh, &nbsp;Director of the Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities&rsquo; National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, and Stan Wearden, Provost at Columbia College in Chicago.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em><a href="http://theology.nd.edu/people/faculty/brian-e-daley-s-j/">Father Brian Daley</a> is a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame</em></li><li><em><a href="https://www.aacu.org/contributor/george-d-kuh">George Kuh</a> is an adjunct professor at University of Illinois and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University.</em></li><li><em>Stan Wearden is Provost at <a href="https://www.colum.edu/">Columbia College.</a></em></li></ul></div><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207543474&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Summertime in Chicago brings big food shows</span></p><p dir="ltr">Chicago is the city of big shoulders and big food shows. Taste of Chicago previewed its food Wednesday morning to media, plus the National Restaurant Association show and Sweets and Snacks Expo just wrapped at McCormick Place. WBEZ food contributor and consulting chef Louisa Chu joins us to talk Taste, NRA, and candy.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/louisachu">Louisa Chu</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s food contributor.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207541980&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Revenues have been declining at some of Chicago&#39;s largest companies</span></p><p dir="ltr">Crain&rsquo;s Chicago Business has released its list of the Chicago-area&rsquo;s largest publicly traded companies. The companies are ranked by 2014 revenue, and the top 10 has a lot of familiar names like Boeing, Walgreen, and McDonald&rsquo;s. In fact, it&rsquo;s nearly identical to Crain&rsquo;s 2010 list. But some of the data is a little unsettling. Revenues declined at six of Chicago&rsquo;s top 10 largest companies, and others have had modest growth. Joe Cahill is a Crain&rsquo;s columnist, and he joins us with more.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong><em> <a href="https://twitter.com/CahillOnBiz">Joe Cahill</a> is a columnist at Crain&rsquo;s Chicago Business.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207541863&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Student athletics suffer in Chicago&#39;s poorer neighborhoods</span></p><p dir="ltr">A recent article published in Catalyst Chicago titled &quot;Beyond basketball, a tough road for sports&quot; examines the lack of funding and opportunities for student athletics in the Chicago&#39;s poorer and smaller schools. What does this mean for the city? And is it more of the same in a town so often divided as Chicago? Sarah Karp wrote the article for Catalyst Chicago, and she joins us with more.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/SSKedreporter">Sarah Karp</a> is a former editor for Catalyst Chicago, and is currently a senior reporter for the Better Government Association.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207541526&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Bears&#39; chairman talks about hiring Ray McDonald</span></p><p dir="ltr">The Blackhawks have to defeat the Ducks in game 6 to keep Stanley Cup dreams alive in Chicago. And, the Chicago Bears held their first open Organized Team Activities today. WBEZ&#39;s Cheryl Raye-Stout was at Halas Hall for the Bears&#39; OTA and she joins us with details.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Crayestout">Cheryl Raye-Stout</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s sports contributor.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207542545&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Tech Shift: How to select the best summer tech program at the best price</span></p><p dir="ltr">All this week on Tech Shift we&rsquo;re looking at summer camp options for kids that focus on science, math or technology. With dozens of camps out there - and some with tuition that costs about $1,000 a week - how do you know which one is worth the price? We thought we&rsquo;d turn to the people at Chicago Tech Academy for some advice. They sift through many of these programs for their high school students. Principal Linnea Garrett joins us, along with one of her school&rsquo;s programming language teachers, Kevin Musiorski.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Guests:</strong></p><ul dir="ltr"><li><em>Linnea Garrett is principal at <a href="http://www.chitech.org/">Chicago Tech Academy</a>.</em></li><li><em><a href="https://twitter.com/rudyonrails">Kevin Musiorski</a> is a programming language teacher at Chicago Tech Academy.</em></li></ul><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207542335&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Charter school relocation a hot issue at Chicago Board of Education meeting</span></p><p dir="ltr">Expansion of charter schools in Chicago and the impact on neighborhood schools dominated the monthly Chicago Board of Education meeting. WBEZ&rsquo;s Becky Vevea was there and joins us with an update.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/beckyvevea">Becky Vevea</a> is a WBEZ reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207541676&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Rand Paul visits South Side&#39;s New Beginnings church</span></p><p dir="ltr">Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul paid a visit to Chicago&rsquo;s South Side. WBEZ&rsquo;s South Side Bureau reporter Natalie Moore attended the so-called town hall meeting and has details.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/natalieymoore">Natalie Moore</a> is WBEZ&rsquo;s South Side Bureau reporter.</em></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207542930&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_artwork=false" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px;">Indecision continues in Springfield as budget deadline nears</span></p><p dir="ltr">Illinois Democrats are approving spending plans that include a $4 billion deficit. That&rsquo;s over the objections of Republicans and Gov. Bruce Rauner. WBEZ State Politics reporter Tony Arnold joins us to make sense of what&rsquo;s going on in Springfield.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em><a href="https://twitter.com/tonyjarnold">Tony Arnold</a> is a WBEZ reporter, covering Illinois politics.</em></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/SQ5FSqiOba0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 27 May 2015 14:24:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-27/afternoon-shift-balancing-college-curriculum-amid-changinghttp://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-27/afternoon-shift-balancing-college-curriculum-amid-changingAfternoon Shift Book Club: All Our Nameshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~3/jZlBl6r-IiA/afternoon-shift-book-club-all-our-names-112092
<p><p><img alt="" class="image-original_image" src="http://www.wbez.org/system/files/styles/original_image/llo/insert-images/allournames.jpg" style="height: 309px; width: 200px; float: left;" title="" />Welcome to the Afternoon Shift Book Club. Here&rsquo;s how it works: each month, we pick one book that&rsquo;s our selection of the month. They&rsquo;re books about Chicago, our region or by authors who are from here. If the author&rsquo;s still around, we have them on to talk about their book.</p><p>Our selection for May is All Our Names, a novel by Ethopian-born, Peoria-raised writer Dinaw Mengestu. He&rsquo;s coming on the Afternoon Shift on Thursday, May 28. Have a question for him? Add it to the form below and listen in to hear if it&#39;s asked on air. In the meantime, check out our Book Club playlist to hear our previous conversations.</p><p>If you have a book you think we should feature, email it to <a href="mailto:afternoonshift@wbez.org?subject=Afternoon%20Shift%20Book%20Club%20suggestion">afternoonshift@wbez.org</a>.</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="900" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1joVJ3JYZBD8_cjFNyaSNFwVG8hgN01VGOfnUFHMZAjU/viewform?embedded=true" width="620">Loading...</iframe></p><p><span style="font-size:22px;">Previously on the Afternoon Shift Book Club</span></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/111266421&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAfternoonShift/~4/jZlBl6r-IiA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 27 May 2015 11:28:00 -0500http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-27/afternoon-shift-book-club-all-our-names-112092http://www.wbez.org/programs/afternoon-shift/2015-05-27/afternoon-shift-book-club-all-our-names-112092